I'm out of Lisa Kleypas Books! What should I read Next??? Showing 251-300 of 1,011

[Lisarenee]

Comes out May 25th. Woohoo! A new Kleypas and a new Quinn book all in the same month.

[Koosh]

I'm going to love May~ <3

Oh, does anyone read Olivia Parker's books too? She also another fav author. She's only got 2 books out so far but they're both amazing!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I loved To Wed a Wicked Earl by Olivia Parker, so far my only read by her. It was cute and refreshing. I have added her to my list of authors to read.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Koosh, I love dark romance, probably why Anna Campbell has me enthralled.

[Koosh]

Oh, you should read the first book, The Bride Hunt Ball! TRUST me. Lol.

Yes, dark romance. They're good for keeping you on the edge. Have you read Stealing Midnight by Tracy MacNish? A little gothic but I love it anyway~
Talking about dark romances, any book you'd recommend me?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I do have both of those in the pile, Koosh.

As far as dark romance, definitely Anne Stuart. She's the queen of dark romance. Maybe the MacCarrick series by Kresley Cole:

. They aren't as dark as Campbell and Stuart, but the heroes are fairly tortured.

[Koosh]

^Thanks. Putting them into my list~!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

You're welcome, Koosh.

[Koosh]

^ ;P

Oh btw, which Anne Stuart book/series should be the best to start with??

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Historicals:



This is a good list to start with. If you don't like any of these, you probably won't like her. I know there are mixed feelings about To Love a Dark Lord. I loved it, but I have a couple of friends on GRs who hated it. These are all standalone.

She has a great contemporary romantic suspense with hard, cold, assassin heroes that some love, some are afraid of:

[Koosh]

Ah, okay! Thanks again. Now I'm just tempted to go out to the bookstore tomorrow and get one. Lol.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

You're welcome. :)

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

Just realized I have ordered 2 copies of Julia Quinns new book Ten Things I Love About You LOL and I can't cancel one order as they are apparently preparing it to be shipped *does happy dance* although that means I will get 2 copies I am still annoyingly happy as apparently I will get the book in the next week! *does another happy dance*

[Christine]

You're more than welcome to send your extra copy my way, Suzanne! I'll even pay you the full Amazon rate since I was going to pre-order it anyway.

[Melanie]

Liz Carlyle
Celeste Bradley (does anyone else like her? I haven't seen any feedback on her!)
Suzanne Enoch
Eloisa James
Samantha James
Lynsay Sands
Elizabeth Hoyt
Anne Gracie
Sabrina Jeffries
Sally MacKenzie

And Mariel- I also try to read at least a second book by the author if the first is bad.. But the other way round is harder for me..

I read Firestorm by Brenda Joyce, which I liked, and then the story about Derek and Miranda, that I hated... I also should to try to read another, lol

[Koosh]

^I've tried An Impossible Attraction and Promise of the Rose (I think the title was) by Brenda Joyce coz I heard about her de Warenne dynasty that's apparently good. They were entertaining but I feel wasn't as captivating as LK, JQ etc books. More than the female lead, I find that a big factor that influences my like or dislike of a book is the depth of the male lead provided by the author in her writing. Brenda Joyce does have good plot lines and you're always wanting to know where the story goes but the male leads I find aren't as redeeming if you compare to veteran authors. I finish the books and go, "That's it? He gets forgiven just like that?" His offences seem so unjust to the point that it wouldn't be proportionate to just let him off that easy without really explaining how much he really suffered internally. Am I making any sense? Lol.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Melanie, I am a fan of Celeste Bradley. I'm about five books behind on her, though.

I thought of another dark-ish author: Connie Brockway. Not all of her books are dark, though.

Here are my top recommends for her:



All Through the Night is very dark! I loved it!!!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I guess I would say Connie is more literary-ish in her writing, moreso than dark. Here are some other literary-type romance writers I enjoy and ones I recommend/have read:

Laura Kinsale

The Shadow and the Star
The Prince of Midnight

Judith Ivory


I think Melody Thomas is very good. I love her books as Laura Renken


and so far her Avon books are very good, as well


Kathleen O'Reilly has only written one historical, but it's a sure keeper for me


Kathryn Smith is fantastic, and writes steamy, romantic, lush books like LK

Still in My Heart
A Seductive Offer
In the Night
In Your Arms Again
Into Temptation

[Lady]

I'm new to this discussion group and I just finished all of my April Erotica books. Left me a little steamy!
I haven't read any Lisa Kleypas books yet. She has written so many.
Where should I start???

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Hmm. Great question, Lady. I'd tend to steer you towards the Wallflowers series, starting with the prequel:

[Lady]

Awesome recommendation. I'll start there this weekend! Thank You!

[Christine]

I second the Wallflower series. My favorites in that series are Secrets of a Summer Night and Scandal in Spring.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

You're welcome!

[Mariel]

Koosh wrote: "Oh, you should read the first book, The Bride Hunt Ball! TRUST me. Lol.

Yes, dark romance. They're good for keeping you on the edge. Have you read Stealing Midnight by Tracy MacNish? A little goth..."

I really liked the Bride Hunt Ball as well.

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

I would recommend Suddenly You as it is my favourite of all her books. Or Dreaming of You that is also a really good one. But the Wallflower series is also good and then you can follow it on with the Hathaway series which features some of the characters from the Wallflower books.

The Wallflower ones first caught my attention as I like it when the heroine isn't the obviously beautiful one but she gets the guy anyway. Does anyone know of any other books like that they could recommend?

[Lisarenee]

Suzanne, Where did you pre-order Ten Things I Love About You from? I didn't think the book was coming out until the 25th of May?

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

Amazon UK, it has already been shipped to me apparently I should receive it on 7 May. When I preorder things from there I always seem to get them a week or so early. Which is why I pretty much preorder all the books I want as soon as they appear on Amazon.

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

Maybe the release date changed I never normally get things a month early!!

[Lisarenee]

Well if you get Married by Morning before it's official release date I am going to have to seriously think about moving to a different country. LOL

[Julianna]

Suzanne wrote: "The Wallflower ones first caught my attention as I like it when the heroine isn't the obviously beautiful one but she gets the guy anyway. Does anyone know of any other books like that they could recommend?"

Here are a few with plain heroines that I thought were particularly good:
The Bride Thief by Jacquie D'Alessandro
Beyond Seduction by Emma Holly
Gallant Waif by Anne Gracie
The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
The Shadow and the Star by Laura Kinsale

[Kerry]

Thanks you guys for the author recommendations. I will have to try some of these. I have only read 3 Kleypas books and absolutely loved them (Bow Street Runners series). Can't wait to read more and I'll probably be hooked just like the rest of you :)!

I have always enjoyed historical romance novels, but I've only recently started enjoying the more contemporary romance genre. It took until I discovered romantic suspense :)! I have always enjoyed mysteries the most - so this genre is a good mix for me :)!

I just finished my first Christina Dodd book. It had a great mystery and some hot steamy romance. It is contemporary, not historical, but if you're in the mood you might give it a try. A friend gave me Almost Like Being in Love to try and I really enjoyed it. This was what I'd call contemporary romantic suspense.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Kerry, I do love Christina Dodd. I hope you enjoy more of her books.

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I read LOS back in the day, and I never read book reviews or talked to many romance novel readers. It's a personal book for me. It hits all the things I have on my check list for a great read. That..."

I also loved LOS but have you read The Last Hellion. I think this is a great book and loved the interaction between the hero Vere Mallory and heroine Lydia Grenville.

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

I can recommend "Untamed", "Forbidden" and "Enchanted" by Elizabeth Lowell. This is a trilogy set in the reign of King Henry 1. Loved all three books but "Enchanted" has to be my favourite.

[Tanith]

how about something not historical?
I really really like Rachel Gibson books especially 'Simply Irristable'
and Judith McNaugh 'Paradise'

Historical my Fav is 'Again the Magic' but you must have already read it because it is a Kleypas book

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Carol wrote: "Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I read LOS back in the day, and I never read book reviews or talked to many romance novel readers. It's a personal book for me. It hits all the things I have on..."

I love that one too, Carol.

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

Some nonhistoricalromance that I thought was very good was Susan Elizabeth Phillips especially her Chicago Stars series. They were really good, both romantic and funny, my fave one wasHeaven, Texas

[Vashti]

Judith McNaught, any of her historicals and contempory romances, went to the UBS today and found the original version of WHITNEY MY LOVE, have been looking for this foever, her books are great.

[Cyn Mistress Kitty]

Get out a box of kleenex.

[Vashti]

Cyn wrote: "Get out a box of kleenex."

Iknow, read the original years ago and then a few years ago ,read the rewrite, it was not the same, remember in the original just bawling!

[Heather]

I love kleypas too but an author I recently found Claudia Dain has an awesome historical series The Courtesan Series ...and it has great plots and some of the best dialogue I've ever read...and made me laugh out loud several times

[Heather]

Heidi wrote: "Has anyone read anything by Victoria Alexander?"love victoria Alexander have read almost all her books

[Cyn Mistress Kitty]

I love the books by both Dain and Alexander. Good writing.

[Heather]

Cyn wrote: "I love the books by both Dain and Alexander. Good writing."love ur pic he is soooo hot

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I am a fan of Claudia Dain, as well.

[MashJ]

Carol wrote: I also loved LOS but have you read The Last Hellion. I think this is a great book and loved the interaction between the hero Vere Mallory and heroine Lydia Grenville.

I never got on with Lord of Scoundrels but I loved The Last Hellion. Even though the plot deteriorated in the last third of the book the characters were absolutely great. Lydia was such a promising role model but I did think she rather lost her way once married and all that malarkey about her birth origins could have been dropped for more about her journalism.

[Rachel]

I second The Bride Hunt Ball!

[MashJ]

I've been reading some Liz Carlyle recently. I'm liking her style.

One book I would recommend in a slightly different style is Daphne du Maurier's "Frenchman's Creek". There is no happily ever after but our heroine gets to run away from her responsibilities and be a pirate for a little while and I guarantee you'll love the hero: Jean Aubrey.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Liz Carlyle is very good.

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

Oh I love Du Maurier and I am going to have to go with convention on this and say that Rebecca is one of my all time favourite books. I have read a few others of hers, but Rebecca is always the one that I remember.